Check out all the national rankings and individuals who earned national and conference player of the week honors in college men’s volleyball this week.
National awards
Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week: Michael Comens, Sacred Heart
Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Freshman of the Week: Isaac Lanier, Erskine
Conference Carolinas
Player of the Week: Matthew McManaway, North Greenville
EIVA
Offensive Player of the Week: Michael Comens, Sacred Heart
Defensive Player of the Week: Junior Oboh, Princeton
MIVA
Offensive Player of the Week: Matt Yoshimoto, Lewis
Defensive Player of the Week: Matt Walsh, Ball State
MPSF
Player of the Week: Andrew Sato, Long Beach State
VolleyMetrics Rally of the Week
Long Beach State vs. UC Irvine
https://youtu.be/UBvSHrOJNg8
AVCA NATIONAL COACHES POLL (Week 8)
1. Ohio State — 360 (24) points
2. Long Beach State — 336 points
3. BYU — 311 points
4. Hawai’i — 289 points
5. Lewis — 255 points
6. UC Irvine — 241 points
6. UCLA — 212 points
8. Stanford — 199 points
9. Pepperdine — 157 points
10. Loyola — 135 points
11. CSUN — 115 points
12. Ball State — 103 points
13. Penn State — 59 points
14. USC — 53 points
15. UC Santa Barbara — 46 points
Others receiving votes: Grand Canyon 7
OFF THE BLOCK/SPRINGBAK, INC. NATIONAL MEDIA POLL (Week 9)
1. Ohio State — 100 (10) points
2. Long Beach State — 88 points
3. BYU — 81 points
4. Hawai’i — 70 points
5. Lewis — 59 points
6. UC Irvine — 48 points
7. UCLA — 40 points
8. Stanford — 25 points
9. Loyola — 17 points
10. Ball State — 9 points
Others receiving votes: USC 4; Pepperdine 3; Grand Canyon 2; CSUN 1; Penn State 1; Sacred Heart 1
OFF THE BLOCK/SPRINGBAK, INC. DIVISION II NATIONAL COACHES POLL (Week 9)
1. Lewis — 40 (8) points
T-2. Cal Baptist — 27 points
T-2. UC San Diego — 27 points
4. Concordia-Irvine — 13 points
5. McKendree — 11 points
Others receiving votes: Barton 2